Population size:
5,460, 136 [1]
Number of people experiencing domestic abuse each year:
Lifetime Physical and/or Sexual Intimate Partner Violence: 23% [2]
Physical and/or Sexual Intimate Partner Violence in the last 12 months: 6% [3]
In 2003, 59 % of Czech women reported having experienced violence at least once in their life [4]
The 2014 European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights survey data results showed that 32 % of women in the Czech Republic have experienced physical and/or sexual violence since the age of 15, and 16 % of people in the Czech Republic said they knew a woman within their area or neighbourhood who has been a victim of domestic violence [5]
During the period 2009—2013, 2 999 cases of rape were recorded, of which 1,867 persons were investigated and convicted [6]
In 2013, 21 women in the Czech Republic were killed by their partners or former partners. [7]
No research on male victims or other gender identities.
Cost of domestic abuse to the economy each year:
The European Institute for Gender Equality has estimated that the cost of intimate partner violence against women in the Czech Republic could amount to EUR 2 billion per year. This figure was calculated according to the methodology used in EIGE’s 2014 study. [8]
Estimated % change due to COVID-19:
No research.